After the previous Digital Inventors program at Cheltenham Primary School, I worked on creating a new program experience that focused more on coding, but combined a different discipline to provide a unique context and purpose.  This led to the creation of the Jam Pi program which is based on the awesome Sonic Pi, which engages students in computing [...]

"Oh no!  This is going to be SO hard!!" 11 students in Years 5-6 from Cheltenham Primary School put their hand up to tackle a new STEAM challenge - our Digital Inventors program, where they had to design and create a website to solve a problem they were passionate about. They thought they [...]

When I was growing up in high school, I always wondered about the high achievers in the traditional sense.  The type that would excel in their studies, their sports, their craft. More recently, I wondered about those that rose up the corporate ladders, built their own successful companies, or the ones who everyone seemed to [...]

Over the summer holidays, I wanted to see if children could come together, in a short amount of time, to brainstorm ideas and problems they wanted to solve.  I wanted to simulate a real world environment where they had to work together and deliver their digital project at the end of two days. But, I [...]

I was lucky enough to work with Cheltenham Primary School to trial a digital program over two school terms, where they identified a problem they were passionate to solve - creating a safe internet environment for their school. Watch the video to hear all about the journey from: Ellen Hollowood (Grade 6 teacher and ICT [...]

Back in April I wrote about why and how I was going to tackle the diversity issue in tech, and was grateful for the support I received.  I’ve just completed two pilot programs over two terms, where students formed their own startup to solve a problem they were passionate about. One startup called themselves SIFE [...]

Earlier in the year I wrote on LinkedIn on how I was going to address the diversity issue in technology, and why I believe it’s important. I must admit before my first class I had some nerves - almost like I was about to go for a job interview.  I had no idea how the [...]